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Post by viltmaaraan on Mar 4, 2016 15:01:50 GMT
It is wonderful!!
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Post by viltmaaraan on Mar 3, 2016 10:16:39 GMT
I can say that alpaca is very easy to spin. Is it carded or combed alpaca fiber? Yes, that is truth !!! I made a thread by Alpaca fibers. Otherwise we'll mixe gotland fibers wiht Alpaca
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Post by viltmaaraan on Mar 3, 2016 10:11:48 GMT
All the mohair I have seen is very curly and shiny and the older the animal, the courser the fiber. I bought 1,6 K from an Alpaca keeper. I wanted white, and he had only one fleece left from last year, that's why I got 30% discount. What I recieved was very neat. But I expected the locks to be a little bit longer. I had never spun Alpaca before. But after 1x through the carder it spun wonderful, never breaks. Next time I 'll ply it an dye it. Before that I'll make some more single yarn to knit an ajour scarf. I have knitt a little piece, I used the Snowshoe sticht, but I think I have to take some lower number of needles.
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Post by viltmaaraan on Mar 1, 2016 20:22:57 GMT
viltmaaraan what is it in the mouth you are not happy with? If you want the different colour on the lips you need to do it when you lay the wool - "The orange wool goes where the mouth is going to be to create bright orange lips." If you want to create some particular shape with the lips you could shape them just after the resist was removed and stitch them loose with a thread of a contrast colour so it's easier to remove it afterwards. If you want the mouth to be smaller try to avoid fulling with your hand inside the fish... Thanks, I 'll keep that in mind, I 'll lay the orange wool also a little bit on the other site, that is what I didn't do. I thought I could curl it in that direction but no...
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Post by viltmaaraan on Mar 1, 2016 18:25:12 GMT
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Alpaca
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Post by viltmaaraan on Mar 1, 2016 18:09:31 GMT
I have some alpaca I haven't tried yet. I wonder if it would help to combine it with wool. I have to do some samples. Have you had time to do that in the last two years? I am curious about it.
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Post by viltmaaraan on Mar 1, 2016 17:26:45 GMT
I love that circle vest (I made one with crochet ), I believe the colours will turn out better with a dark blue blouse ? (Forgive me my school English ).
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Post by viltmaaraan on Mar 1, 2016 17:14:47 GMT
I would like to, but only for the experience, Personal I wouldn't wear them. I just got an Alpaca fur and I 'll give it a try for the first time to spin Alpaca (I can't wait, friday I get a new walking cast)and maybe I 'll mixe it with some Gotland wool, because the furs are both so smooth. I read that it is more difficult to spin Alpaca....mmm, just one way to find out..
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Post by viltmaaraan on Mar 1, 2016 16:23:37 GMT
Thanks for all the replies. Pandagilrl your scarf is beautiful. It is a lot of work all those locks. I saw someone who put them into aluminiumpaper so they couldn't get mixed. On facebook is a site of Atelier Karbonkel, the person there made a scarf of Wensleydale locks. They felt it layer for layer, bottum up.
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Post by viltmaaraan on Mar 1, 2016 13:50:30 GMT
Rainy day, who cares... I have my knitting to do... I sweater for my hubby, I got inspired by this pattern of garnstudio: www.garnstudio.com/pattern.php?id=5291&cid=7(my second fish to felt has to wait a few weeks because of an opation on my feet ;(
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Post by viltmaaraan on Feb 28, 2016 19:57:47 GMT
Hello Sunara, Lovely hat, do you first knit them and then felt it?
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Post by viltmaaraan on Feb 28, 2016 16:47:07 GMT
Thanks, I found it
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Post by viltmaaraan on Feb 27, 2016 20:59:59 GMT
Oke, thanks Teri, I'll look it up
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Post by viltmaaraan on Feb 27, 2016 18:26:40 GMT
Where stands WoW for, when I google it, I see World of Warcraft, but I think you mean something else , but what ? Maybe stupid...
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Post by viltmaaraan on Feb 27, 2016 18:08:18 GMT
Today I wanted to find out what kind of Gotland wol is. I saw an advertism at our Dutch e-bay ( Marktplaats.nl). For some years I have been at Gotland but at that time I didn't have a connection wiht sheep. I was thinking of visiting this year an old college of my, she and her family imigrated 13 or 14 years ago to Hjulsjo, Hallefors. Then I could buy some Gotland wool from her, because her man keep them. So I was looking at www.landleveninzweden.nlI have been at Ellen and Rudy's place 10 years ago on my motorbike and a little shelter with me. They have a camping near a little lake. There were more Dutch people and it was a nice place to stay. But I can't wait that long, so I found somebody who advertised with those wool and she lives about 25 km from my place. We went there this afternoon. She told , she sels the wool for a good friend of her from Sweden, who had immigrated. Oh no, she aint Ellen?? Yes, it was her !! And what more surprising was : the woman who was selling the wool for Ellen, was the same woman I met at the camping in Hulsjo, she was also there !!! Small world ! So now I already have my wool from Ellen, haven't to wait till summer ! I will have to let her know what happend this afternoon. I have the summer wool, so nice and beautiful, I don't know what to do with it, use for spinning or felting
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